Agriculture and Forestry Minister David Carter says while recent rain over past weeks has relieved dry weather conditions in parts of the country, the Government will continue to monitor high risk areas closely.

As a prosecutor, Carter was the initial prosecutor and filed charges in the case of serial killer William Bonin, also known as "The Freeway Killer," who became the first person executed by lethal injection in California in 1996.

Carter is an engineering librarian at the University of Michigan Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, where he serves as the coordinator for Web & Reference Services; librarian for the Computer & Video Game Archive; and as liaison librarian for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.